Posted on 10/19/2022 5:45:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
General Motors’ venture capital arm has invested in a California startup that’s making imitation leather from mushrooms.
The material is made by MycoWorks using the root-like structures of mushrooms, called mycelia. It could provide an alternative to both traditional leather made from animal skins, usually cattle, and artificial leather made from plastics. The auto industry is the largest user of leather other than for shoes, according to 2015 data from International Council of Tanners.
MycoWorks grows these threadlike mycelia into flexible, leather-like sheets. The resulting material feels like leather, has similar durability and can be colored using processes that do not involve harmful substances, just as animal-based leather can.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Bet it will taste good to the critters. Like the new soy based wiring on cars that mice love. They ate the wiring out of my Nitro twice and my brothers new PU. Had to take drastic measures to stop it.
I don’t care what y’all say
There is Fungus among Us
“Now when the car burns, everyone in smoke distance gets high on the psychedelic ‘shrooms.”
It would be a redeeming feature on Teslas, for sure. [I gotta be quicker on these threads]
How does it smell, windows up and parked under the Sun, in the middle of August, anywhere in the South?
Probably like a car full of teenagers’ tennis shoes.
General Motors’ venture capital arm has invested in a California startup that’s making imitation leather from mushrooms. The material is made by MycoWorks using the root-like structures of mushrooms, called mycelia.
—
Fungus upholstery.
The fungus among us.
First it was soy based wire insulation now this. Can you imagine of how bad the rodent damage will be?
No thanks.
Make mine canvas
LOL indeed
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.